Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-27
MONDAY. JUNE q, 1881.
MYSTERY OF RED HAIR.
THE CONCLUSIVE DEMONSTRATION
MADE BY AN ARTIST. s.s

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No such : Thing as Real Red Hair-The
sunset Headed Maiden Is Never Stupid.
Glowing Looks on the stage-In Lit
erature
fred hairl There's no such thingn
exclaimed q young and well known artist
who has passed many days In sunny
italy the other afternoon as he prom
enaded up Fifth avenue with an equally
well known swell. They had just come
from lunching at Delmonico's at the
sWell's expense, and the latter had just
remarked, after the manner Of his kind:
ssBy Jove, lust look at that wed headed
girl crowssing ovah heah; she gives me q
sunstroke, dontcher know"
tsWhy don't people call colors by their
proper namesY' went on the exasperated
artist as they passed the Brunswick.
s.But, my deah fellah, dontcher know
what Navy Anderson says, "A wose BY
any other name would smell as sweet
and il wed hair isn't wed, why, it looks
wed all the same, and as this logic
seemed irrefutable there was silence until
the two men disappeared within the por-
tails Of the Knickcrbocker club.
The reporter, who had overheard this
conversation, determined to unsolyc the
mystery of red hair, and at dusk sought
the artist In his studio to find out what
color red hair was. The artist was look
ing picturesque and kind, and was pleased
to mix on his palette three different
shades Of red, three of yellow and three
Of brown.
TWO OR THREE CoLoRS MIXED.
ssNow,'' said he, with the air Of the col
lege professor who pauses to catch the
class with some startling question, point
me out the color that is like red hair
The reporter couldn't do it. He lowered
about the orange color as the small Toy
around the circus tent, but could not
touch it. He almost singled ont one of
the sickly looking browns, but the reds he
skipped entirely.
ssGive it up. y
t.Thought you would said the artist
condescendingly. What people call red
hair is mixture Of two or three colors,
according to tho shade Of red. Now, look
here. If dab my finger in this yellow
and mix it with that red, what do ] getg'
'.Why, exactly the color Of hair the girl
had today.
1T told you So, said the artist, .sand
don't let any one ever convince you that
there is such thing as real red hair.
Call it red If you choose, but don 7 think OF
it as the same color as q train lantern or q
coaching parasol, because you will be way
or Adelaide Nelson had red hair, you
know, one Of the most beautiful tintS, and
Willie Winter spoke Of it as sthe burnish-
ed gold that floated around her royal
y head, SO If you choose to take that term
you will be nearer the truth. y
It is said by those who ought to know,
and no one has contradicted the state
ment, that q red haired girl IS never d
stupid girl. She Is always quick Of speech
and quick of action. Red hair brings
with it quick intelligence and generally
great sensibility. When it comes with
blue eyes and brown broWs and lashes the
4 owner is Of q sentimental turn Of mind
and usually very musical; with brown
eyes and dark 1ashes the red headed girl Is
noted for her beauty Of compilations gem
orally an ivory white her love OF exercise,
and Is very frequently endowed with great
dramatic ability.
STRONG, EMOTIONAL NATURE.
Red hair always goes with strong, emo
tional nature, and the red haired girl
laughs and cries at the theatre when heI
black and yellow haired sisters sit silent.
She is q creature quick to anger, easy tC
please, 4 lovable darling when she likes
you, but sharper than two edged sword
and as bitter as early gooseberries when